Is Post Nuptial Agreement King?
After seven marriages, CNN’s favorite suspender-wearing host, Larry King, is divorcing his wife of 13 years, Shawn Southwick. Unlike the celebrity divorces of late, the King-Southwick divorce is not centering on a custody dispute, but on a post-nuptial agreement. According to the tabloids, two years ago, King had an affair with Southwick’s younger sister. In order to prove his commitment to the marriage, King signed a post-nuptial agreement. This agreement transferred title of three valuable properties to Southwick and declared his entire fortune (about $144M) community property. Now Southwick has filed for divorce and King has asked the court to declare any “purported transmutation agreement” of property to be “null, void and unenforceable.” King is claiming the post-nuptial agreement is invalid based on undue influence. According to reports, because Southwick was so irate about the purported affair, she “strong-armed” King into getting advice from her “powerhouse” divorce lawyer, Joe
